it has been like at least eight years and sometimes I still think to myself, when I am tired, “but I am le tired… well then take a nap! AND THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES” even though in retrospect that is like one of the most embarrassingly unfunny videos to ever come out of the internet
love how when i get a new interest, i’m like “oh god it’s happening again” and i’m stuck like that for about a week until everything explodes and any interest i’ve had prior is completely dwarfed for an unknown amount of time
This chapter is so sweet (not saying that because it’s about candy). I want to try a rolly ball now. This was a little difficult to typeset, but it definitely paid off! I respect the relationship between Ranpo and Shachou even more now! It’s definitely one of the more understated relationships in the series. (I’m sure Ce-la would agree with the importance of their relationship).
“The other day I received a postcard with return postage from a certain magazine asking, ‘What was the most interesting crime story covered in the newspapers this year?’ In reply, I wrote, ‘I have never taken that kind of interest in actual events. The only thing I see when I look at tragic events is human suffering.’”
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Edogawa Ranpo, “The Phantom Lord” essay (1936) from The Edogawa Ranpo Reader
“Sunrise is the child of sunset. Without the setting sun, dawn could never be born. Sunset is always trying to tell us this: ‘I’ve grown weary. you mustn’t stare at me so. You mustn’t love me. I am not long for this world. But tomorrow morning, in the eastern sky, a new sun will be born. Promise me you will be his friend and companion. I’ve brought him up with tender care. He’s a fine, healthy child - so plump and round.’ When sunset makes this appeal to you, my friends, can you revile him with a mocking sneer, calling him sick or decadent? The bully who steps boldly forward with folded arms and a read ‘Of course I can’ is the biggest asshole alive. Fools like you just make this world all the harder to live in.”
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Dazai Osamu, “Thinking of Zenzo” from Self Portraits
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